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Stay strong my Aryan brother.I say this with all due respect as a German-Canadian who looks very, very German.

Stay strong my Aryan brother.I say this with all due respect as a German-Canadian who looks very, very German.
At no point did I say that blockbusters couldn’t be made for less. What I said is that $300 million (in 2024 dollars) is the norm for Superman as a property. This is in line with what WB has spent recently on The Flash ($300 million) and Black Adam ($260 million).Dune Part 2 cost 190m.
The Batman, 185-200m.
Furiosa, 168m.
Wonka, 128m.
Barbie, 128-145m.
These are all big, effects heavy, tentpole movies from the same studio that came out in the last 2 years.
This is what you posted:At no point did I say that blockbusters couldn’t be made for less. What I said is that $300 million (in 2024 dollars) is the norm for Superman as a property. This is in line with what WB has spent recently on The Flash ($300 million) and Black Adam ($260 million).
All I’m asking is whether WB is investing BIG, as is the norm for Superman, or more conservatively. It’s a fair question.
Really, I’m just wondering whether the budget is lower than we’d expect from this property (e.g. like $120 million for Shazam) or if the budget is that of a tentpole film (e.g. 250+ million). As far as I’m aware, we don’t know what it is, and the cast/crew doesn’t seem to consist of truly major players that would typically inflate the budget.
What does a British person look like?![]()
And all British people look EXACTLY the same!!
My thought is that if Superman needs as many reshoots as Flash and Black Adam to fix it, then we are in major trouble.This is what you posted:
You then bring up The Flash and Black Adam.
1. Black Adam's budget isn't known. It's listed between 190m-260m. That's a big difference.
2. My guess on why there is a big difference? The same reason The Flash cost so much, after starting out much lower. They shot through COVID and they did a lot of reshoots on both.
Superman is not shooting through COVID. Do you expect massive amounts of reshoots?
3. You can't just use an inflation calculator to arrive at an equivalent in this regard. In 2006/2007 Batman Begins was a huge budget at 150m. Same with Goblet of Fire. SR was closer to that in reality, but ended up with all the previous cost tacked on, on failed launches. The same happened with MoS.
The POTC sequels cost over 500m combined.
What you are measuring is not 1 to 1.
I also wouldn't expect it next year.My thought is that if Superman needs as many reshoots as Flash and Black Adam to fix it, then we are in major trouble.
There were two major rounds of reshoots I’m aware of after rewrites when the film had already been shot. At least one round was really late in the game after Gunn took over (that’s where they added the Clooney bit, as it was Keaton/Batgirl setup before). Those were certainly a contributor to the enflated budget. COVID and the long development with multiple directors were definitely other major factors. The whole production was a mess from beginning to end.I don't remember any reports of major Flash reshoots, as I recall, the overbloated budget was a result of its long development hell and COVID.
It's so true, every time I see Cavill's superman I'm confused as of why is Mr. Bean saving the world.As a British person, I can confirm that this is exactly what we all look like. It's spooky.
Well, Cavill’s Superman was much darker, more brooding and killed Zod.
But Mr. Bean carries a gun.
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Mr bean has always been a thug
There was a different one of this involving Disney killing Aladdin and Jasmine with Goofy and Mary Poppins being tasked with taking out Mr. Bean, but it had swears.I didn't know how much I needed this in my life until I watched it.
btw, You owe me a cup of coffee. Why You ask? Cause I spit mine out laughing.
Interesting. For the last couple years he's been saying it was Brainiac.![]()
Metallo Was Originally Planned As Villain In Man Of Steel Sequel
Before Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was even dreamt up at Warner Bros., Zack Snyder was trying to figure who the villain would be in the Man of Steel sequel. “I remember talking about ‘What’s the next villain?'” Snyder recalled to Entertainment Weekly. “‘We can’t do another alien...comicbook.com
How this ended up becoming zombie Zod becomes Doomsday?
So for us to get Brainiac we had to endure Superman VS Black Adam climax of the new DCEU.Upon further research, it looks like Brainiac was what was being pitched a few years later when they were still trying to get Cavill a sequel, and he was used as the villain in Steven Knight's 2022 pitch for MoS2 (sponsored by Dwayne!) when Gunn got the gig instead. So I guess no one was going for Snyder's Metallo pitch and he thought Brainiac had a better shot? Idk.
It's stuff like this that reminds me of those fake leaks where Metallo was actually a radioactive material created by the terraforming attempt that would be the DCEU Kryptonite and be dubbed Metal-0 by Hamilton.There is actually concept art of Metallo for MOS2/ BVS out there.
Yes I can confirm I look like Henry Cavill too…As a British person, I can confirm that this is exactly what we all look like. It's spooky.
As long as there is Green K in his chest, I don't careIt's stuff like this that reminds me of those fake leaks where Metallo was actually a radioactive material created by the terraforming attempt that would be the DCEU Kryptonite and be dubbed Metal-0 by Hamilton.